Image Description: PPT members Linda Warman, Debra Green, Randy Francisco and Krystle Knight hold the PPT banner and chant at a Fair Fares rally, with text overlaid on the photo reading “We Won! Best Advocacy Campaign!”

PPT members win “Best Advocacy Campaign of the Year” in TransitCenter’s 2022 Frequency Awards

TransitCenter is a national foundation that works to improve public transit. Its annual “Frequencies” Awards recognize outstanding work by transit agencies, workers, and organizers to improve transit service. This year, Pittsburghers for Public Transit was awarded with the Frequency Award for “Best Advocacy Campaign,” around the low-income transit fare pilot program win. In today’s announcement of the award, TransitCenter said, “this pilot program is a visionary way to reduce bureaucratic obstacles for accessing transit benefits, one which could become a model for the rest of the country.”

Image description: Flyer with an invitation to PPT’s Victory Party & Year-End Celebration. Left side of the image has a yellow background, with PPT’s logo at the top and text that reads “Victory Party & Year-End Celebration” . Right side was a disco-ball, a red ribbon that says ""Advocacy Campaign of the Year" and a photo of PPT members canvassing downtown.

We're getting fabulous tomorrow! Join us for a FREE DINNER and victory celebration! The theme is "pagent", so feel free to wear whatever makes you feel fabulous.

Join PPT to celebrate all that we can make possible when we organize together as transit riders, transit workers, and neighbors. Our Victory Party will uplift the major milestone that we achieved this Fall on our campaign for more affordable fares. And we'll uplift the other work that we've accomplished together in 2022.

There will be a full dinner served free to all people who RSVP. Music will be provided by our friend DJ Frank and dancing will certainly happen. PPT members will host transit-themed games. And PPT members from different campaigns will talk about what it takes to win and what it means for their families and our communities.

image description:  a screenshot from KTNV Las Vegas Chanel 13’s website. PPT Member Teaira Collins is smiling in the news story. A headline is added overtop that reads “PPT MADE NATIONAL NEWS!” and logos from 8 news networks are displayed including from ABC affiliates in San Diego, Denver, Las Vegas, Cleveland, North Carolina, Montana, and Texas.

PPT Makes National News with Win in Discount Fares Campaign - New Story Airs on Network With 60 Stations in Cities Across the Country

Millions of people across the country are learning about PPT’s winning campaign for a Discount Transit Fare Program in Allegheny County thanks to a new report from Jessie Cohen, a national news reporter for the E. W. Scripps Company which owns more than 60 TV news stations in the US – including cities like Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego, Southern Florida, Central Texas, North Carolina, and Montana.

The new report centers around Allegheny County’s new Discount Transit Fares Pilot Program that launched this fall. It includes PPT Member, Teaira Collins, and PPT Director, Laura Wiens, who speak about the campaign for more affordable fares that riders have been organizing for years. People can learn about the program and apply to be a part of it here.

Delmis Cabrera is a new PPT Member who got involved in the fight for discounted transit fares - and won!

Now immigrant families like hers can participate in the pilot of free and discounted transit fares.

Read Delmis' story & renew your support for this work by donating to PPT's Year End Fundraising Campaign today!

Pittsburghers for Public Transit
5119 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States

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